Rail-joint for toy railway systems.



No. 887,191. I PATENTBD MAY l2, 1908.

W. R. HABERLIN.

RAIL JOINT POR TOY RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

APPLYGATION FILED JUNI: 1,1907.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

WILLIAM R. HABERLIN, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN MINIATURE RAILWAY COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentedivray 12, 1908.

Application filed June l, 1907. Serial No. 376,766.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM R. HABER- LIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint for Toy Railway Systems, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive mode of rigidly connecting the rails in toy railway systems so that they will be just as firm and strong as continuous rails and will not bend or spring at the joints,

With this end in view I have devised the simple and novel toy rail joint of which the following descri tion in connection with the accompanying t rawing is a specification, reference characters being used to indicate the several parts: l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel rail joint, Fig. 2 a view showing the joint in vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on an enlarged scale on the line in Figs. 1 and 2. n

10 denotes the rails which are formed from sheet metal and bent t-o shape, each rail comprising a tread indicated b y 1]., aweb -formed by parallel thicknesses of the metal and indicated by 12, and a flange indicated by 13. The treads are shown as made round, although any other form may be adopted, if preferred. The rails are placed end to end and are secured together by means of a wire connection indicated by 14, the wire used being just the shape of the tread and fitting the tread closely, making it solid at the joint. The connection extends into both rails at the joint sufficient distance to make the joint perfectly firm and strongand the joint is completed and the rails firmly secured together by 'striking the metal of the rails on the underside of the treads inward and indenting it into the metal of the connection, as indicated by 15 in F ig. These indentations of the metal of the treads into the connections are made by means of punches in a machine, each joint being completed by a single operation. I am thus enabled to make a simple, very much cheaper and stronger rail joint for toy railway systems than has heretofore been possible by any means of which I am aware.

Having thus described my invention, I claim;

I. A joint for toy railway systems consisting of sheet metal rails provided with hollow treads, a connecting rod adapted to be inserted into the ends of said hollow treads, and a plurality of projections punched from opposite sides of the hollow treads and indented into the said connecting rod.

2. A. joint for toy railway systems consisting of sheet metal rails provided with hollow treads, a wire connection adapted to be inserted into the ends of said hollow treads, and a plurality of inwardly projecting portions punched from each side of the undersurfaces of the hollow treads and indented into said connecting wire.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses. j

WILLI/1M E. EABEELiN.

Witnesses:

A. M. WoosTER, S. W. ATHERTON. 

